Drum Machine 2.0.0 brought custom samples, you’re no longer limited to the default sounds. Drag and drop your own audio files and they show up as new drum parts. You can reorder them by dragging, and each one can be mapped to a specific MIDI note so when you export to MIDI, it’s clear which sound is which note.
The latest release adds a Reset to Defaults option that restores everything back to factory settings. The old Reset button is now called Clear and just clears the pattern while keeping your custom samples.
The final version of GirCore 0.7.0 got released. There are more APIs generated, bugs got fixed, dotnet 10 support was added, GdkWin32 bindings were added and more. See the release for an overview of all changes.
Yet Another Radio, the GNOME extension for streaming internet radio directly from your panel, has been updated with a range of QoL improvements, including:
Search thousands of stations via the Radio Browser network API
Favorites system for quick access to your preferred stations
Song metadata display showing album art, artist, title, and bitrate
Media key support for play/pause/stop controls from your keyboard
Volume control integrated directly in the panel menu
Import/Export functionality for sharing station lists across devices
Custom station support for adding your own radio URLs manually
The extension also features localization support. If you are interested, you can checkout the Github Repo.
Another GNOME Foundation update is available, covering highlights from the last three weeks. It’s a particularly full update, covering the recent GNOME.Asia summit, audit preparation, digital wellbeing progress, and much more.
As part of the Digital Wellbeing project, sponsored by the GNOME Foundation, there is an initiative to redesign the Parental Controls to bring it on par with modern GNOME apps and implement new features such as Screen Time monitoring, Bedtime Schedule and Web Filtering.
Recently the ‘time is almost up’ notification inside child session has been implemented and merged in GNOME Shell, while preventing children from unlocking after their bedtime and allowing parents to extend their screen time are being polished up. You can track the progress at their merge requests at !3980 and 3999 respectively.
That’s all for this week!
See you next week, and be sure to stop by #thisweek:gnome.org with updates on your own projects!
